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Prime Minister Announces £20m in Funding to Tackle Loneliness
19/06/2018
New funding is being pledged for charities and community groups to support and expand programmes that bring people together and that benefit the community.
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that £20 million in new funding is being set aside for charities and community groups that are working to ‘help isolated people and those suffering from loneliness’. The funding will support charities and community groups to bring people together; support programmes that are proven to benefit individuals and society; and help ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people to make connections in their communities.